- City:
- Mount Rainier National Park, WA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
Mount Rainier was the nation’s fifth National Park, established 1899. During the Great Depression the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps greatly aided the park’s development.
National Register of Historic Places nomination:
“In the 1930s, the CCC made further improvements on the landscaping of Longmire Meadow.”
Source notes
https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/documents/RN/0/1/1580.pdf (page 44)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 15, 2015.
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- Mount Rainier National Park - WA
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- Paradise Ski-Tow Powerhouse - Mount Rainier National Park WA
- Longmire Village - Mount Rainier National Park WA
- Tolmie Peak Fire Lookout - Mount Rainier National Park WA
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